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Top movies of 2021

If 2020 was a shock to the movie-going system, 2021 was - in many ways - worse. Lockdowns, delays and…

Clifford The Big Red Dog – movie review

Magic, mayhem and mirth combine for a delightful family offering in Clifford The Big Red Dog. Emily (Darby Camp) is…

House of Gucci – movie review

Lady Gaga packs a hell of a punch in the tangled web that is Ridley Scott’s new film, House of…

Top 5 books of 2021

The top 5     Honourable Mentions     Robert Goodman For more of Robert's reviews, visit his blog Pile…

The Tragedy of Macbeth – movie review

Don’t mess with the classics, they say. But when something has been through as many iterations as Shakespeare’s Macbeth, who…

West Side Story – movie review

West Side Story has a chequered history. The musical by Jerome Robbins (first staged in 1957) met with wide acclaim,…

The Worst Person in the World – movie review

Writer-director Joachim Trier presents a compelling story via an prologue, 12 chapters and an epilogue in The Worst Person in…

Swan Song – movie review

Confusingly, Swan Song is the second film with that title to be released in 2021. The other starred Mahershala Ali…

Delicious – movie review

How was the restaurant born? The French dramatic comedy Delicious (Délicieux) provides a fictional answer to that question. At the…

Sing 2 – movie review

Colour, movement, quirky characters and an up-tempo soundtrack feature in the animated musical adventure Sing 2. A troupe of performing…